Forgot BIOS Password

To fetch the BIOS password , you will need:

• A #1 or #2 Phillips-head screwdriver, or (less likely) a T-15 TORX driver or a 1/4" hex nutdriver, to open the case

• Needle-nosed pliers if you are working with jumpers

• A small flashlight or headlamp

With tools at hand, perform the following steps:

1. Turn the PC off (this means a total shutdown, not merely standby or hibernate mode) and disconnect the AC power cord.

2. Remove the cover from your system (this step may require tools, undoing a thumbscrew, or flipping a latch or two).

3. Refer to the user manual for the motherboard to find out how to "reset CMOS" memory. You may also find a label for specific jumper or switch settings marked on the system board.

4. Change the switch setting or jumper position to a specific position or remove the jumper entirely as prescribed in the manual to clear or reset the CMOS memory.

5. Wait 20-30 seconds for the memory to clear out from lack of power.

6. After 20-30 seconds put the switch or jumper the way it was before for normal use.

7. Reconnect the power cord and start up the system to see if the settings have changed to defaults.

8. Shut the PC down, disconnect the power cord, replace the cover, reconnect the power, and power up the PC.

9. Enter the BIOS setup program to configure the system as needed. This may include setting the date and time, selecting disk drive parameters, and selecting which devices the system uses to boot up with first.

If your system does not have a "reset CMOS" jumper or switch , the only option is to locate and remove the coin-style battery cell (or on some very old PCs, the battery pack), as shown in , that provides the power to the CMOS memory.

Hussain Sagar

This is the aerial view of the road near HUSSAIN SAGAR .It is a quiet and placid lake of 24 kms built by Hazrat Husain Shah Wali on a tributary of the Musi during the time of that great builder Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah in 1562 to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city. It is now popularly known as Tank Bund and has acquired trappings and environs that enhance its appeal to tourists .


The Tank Bund dams Hussain Sagar Lake on the eastern side and connects the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad .Night life around hussain sagar is really happening with many places to hang out like Eat Street , Jal Vihar , Prasadz Imax , Snow world ,Necklace Road etc .




Other places of hyderabad will be listed shortly in this blog ........ do post your comments and write to us about which places do u like to know . about .

LINUX cd's shipped free of cost .

wanna LINUX CD's shipped absolutely free of cost at your door step ?

WELL UBUNTU is the perfect flavor of Linux , which send you LINUX CD's right at your door step in most of the countries including INDIA absolutely free .

well before i tell you the procedure to get free cd's, lets see what is Ubuntu ?

Ubuntu ( LINUX operating system ) which is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.

It issues a new desktop and server release every six months. That means you'll always have the the latest and greatest applications that the open source world has to offer.

LINK to get the free CD's of UBUNTU delivered at your doorstep


CLICK HERE TO GET FREE LINUX CD'S

Fill the required details , don't worry none of your personal details will be captured by them .

So go ahead and get your latest free cd's of Ubuntu ...............

Hey I got my CD's , and i have started using them too

Different flavors of LINUX

Most of you people might be using Microsoft's windows operating system , have you ever tried LINUX operating systems ? they are worth trying , even for personal use

The various distributions of Linux come from different companies , well if wanna try them out follow the links given below :


1. Linspire

2. Red Hat

3. SuSE

4. Ubuntu

5.Xandros

6. Knoppix

7. Slackware

8. Mandriva

Most fabulous thing is that most of them(not all ) are open source i.e it can downloaded free of cost .

Yamaha - Dream Bike

isn't it gorgeous ??????? Its my dream bike ........ THE YAMAHA

Eamcet 2007 Results

The results of Eamcet will be released on Thursday(17/05/2007) at 12 noon.
Results will be available among others on these sites:

THESE RESULTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE 

Results will be available on BSNL on 22222222 and 12552235. Callers outside Hyderabad should dial 9540-22222222, 9540-1255223

Visit home page for latest updates

What is Blu Ray disc's ?

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers . The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.


While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser , which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB.


Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 180 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has broad support from the major movie studios as a successor to today's DVD format. In fact, seven of the eight major movie studios are supporting the Blu-ray format and five of them are releasing their movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month.

what is Wi-Fi ?

Wi-Fi, popularly known as an acronym for wireless fidelity , was originally a brand licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the embedded technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications.

Wi-Fi is now increasingly used for more services, including Internet and VoIP phone access, gaming, and basic connectivity of consumer electronics such as televisions, DVD players, and digital cameras. More standards are in development that will allow Wi-Fi to be used by cars on highways in support of an Intelligent Transportation System to increase safety and enable mobile commerce (see IEEE 802.11p). Wi-Fi and the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance - the trade organization that tests and certifies equipment compliance with the 802.11x standards.

Firewall

Personal Firewall Choices

What is a firewall ?
A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to a private network or a system. Firewalls can be implemented in both software and hardware, or a combination of both.
lets see various firewalls :

Microsoft Windows Firewall -- The Vista and XP Service Pack 2 operating systems have personal firewalls built in that are turned on by default to block threats from the Internet. You should leave this feature turned on until you replace it with third-party software and/or hardware.

Two-Way Third-Party Personal Firewall Software -- These firewalls block both incoming and outgoing threats. A computer has outgoing threats when it becomes infected with a virus , trojan or spyware . Two common ways to address this are by vendors including a list of safe software for the firewall to check and/or by issuing a pop up alert to the user asking for advice on what to do.

Recommended products with links to vendors:

• Zone ALarm Pro from CheckPoint [retail & free versions]
• Sunbelt /Kerio [freeware & retail versions]
• Comodo [freeware]

Internet Security Software Suites -- These products include two or more security features such as a personal firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware and more. Recommended retail products with links to vendors:

• Norton Internet Security 2007 or Norton 360 from Symantec include personal firewall and protection from viruses, worms, spyware, intrusion, phishing and root kits. Also includes behavioral monitoring features. The free online add-on pack includes anti-spam, parental control, confidential information blocking, and ad blocking. "Norton 360" adds automatic backup and restore with 2 GB of online storage, PC tune up and embedded support components.
• Zone Alarm internet security suite from CheckPoint features include network, program and operating systems firewalls, antivirus, identity theft protection, anti-spyware, spy site blocking, auto-learn, privacy protection, IM protection, game mode, essential email security, wireless PC protection, parental control, and smart defense service.

Hardware Firewalls -- A hardware firewall is usually a small box that sits between a modem and a computer or network. The firewall is either based on "network address translation" (NAT) which hides your computer from the Internet or NAT plus "stateful packet inspection" (SPI) for more protection. There are three basic types of hardware devices that include firewalls for home users, routers and broadband gateways . They can be used in addition to a software firewall on each computer because they run on a separate box preventing most compatibility problems. Recommended broadband gateway retail product with link to vendor:

• Zone Alarm Secure Wireless Router from CheckPoint with SPI firewall, gateway antivirus and additional features.

Important Tip -- Never use two personal firewall software products at the same time. Fully uninstall one before installing another to prevent compatibility problems. After installation, test it. Testing is the only sure way to tell that your computer is really being protected.

various browsers

List of various browsers which are free to be downloaded are as follows :

1. Internet explorer
2. Netscape navigator
3. Mozilla firefox
4. Opera
5. safari

The obvious question which one we use , well it's FIREFOX

these are browsers are secure , fast and reliable .......
u may find many more but i suggest these top 5

New look to my blog

hi friends

this blog has been updated and all the stuff has been organized more systematically .

thanks one and only for the comments

do send me the comments and suggest me what else do u wish to see here .

hey most of u ppl might be using yahoo messenger ......... and might be feed up of errors that come up but still yahoo is not so bad . simple solution is to have many messenger ready on ur pc just in case .


the various messengers that i know are as follows :

1. Yahoo ------ www.yahoo.co.in
   
2. MSN ------ www.msn.co.in
   
3. Gtalk ------ www.google.com/talk/
   
4. Skype ------ www.skype.com
   
5. Rediff Bol------ www.rediff.com
   
6. ICQ ------ www.icq.com
   
7. AIM ------ www.aim.com
   
8. AOL ------ www.aol.in
   
9. Trillian ------ www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/

but avoid using all of them at once as it will degrade performance and reduce your bandwidth .
I use the first 5 of them .........

GATE Entrance exam

What is GATE ?

The acronym GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), is an All-India Examination conducted by the seven Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, on behalf of the National Coordinating Board – GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India.

What is the objective of GATE ?

The objective of GATE is to identify meritorious and motivated candidates for admission to Postgraduate Programs Engineering at the national level. Many Engineering Colleges/Institutes specify GATE as a mandatory qualification even for admission for Postgraduate Programs. It serves as a benchmark for normalization of the Undergraduate Engineering Education in the country.

Do the Postgraduate Institutions select the candidate based on the GATE score only?

Admission to postgraduate courses, with MHRD scholarship/assistantship, in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy at Colleges/Institutes/Universities in the country will be open only to those who qualify in GATE, But the candidates are required to find out the procedures of final selection and award of Scholarship/Assistantship from the institution to which they seek admission, because the importance of GATE score differs for different institutions.

What is the eligibility criteria for appearing the GATE ?

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear for GATE

• Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
• Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes. However, if the degree is in Master of Computer Applications, the candidates should have had courses in Mathematics at the Bachelor's/Master's level.
• Candidates in the second or higher year of the four- year integrated master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of five-year Integrated Master's or Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
• Candidates with Qualifications obtained through examination conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSE/ AICTE as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

What are the basic features of GATE ?

To Pursue M.Tech program in a leading institute of the country the benefits are:

• Admission to Postgraduate Courses, with MHRD Scholarship/Assistantship, in Engineering/Technology at Colleges/Institutes is open only to those who qualify in GATE.
• More and better companies are coming for Campus Placement in leading Institutes.
• Higher salaries are being offered for M.Tech as compared to B.E.
• M. Tech degree leads to specialization and furthering of interest in a certain area which may lead to Ph.D.
• M.Tech degree is a must for those wishing to apply for Faculty/ Research position in educational Institutes/R&D Centers.
• Scholarship is paid during M.Tech, so no headache to parents for financial requirements.
• The M.Tech program is a 4 semester (24 months) program; so get more time to work out career opportunities.
• MOST IMPORTANTLY to get to be a part of any Nationally reputed educational institute and enjoy learning and research.
• Some Industries and Foreign universities have indicated their interest in GATE qualified candidates.
• GATE qualified candidates in the Engineering disciplines are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories.
• Some College/Institutes specify GATE as mandatory qualification even for admission of self-financing students.